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Happy Birthday “Beijing”

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Jo

No, today is not the birthday of the founding of Beijing. That happened too far back in history to be able to pinpoint a date. Recorded history goes back around 4000 years and Peking Man dates back more than 200,000 years. So why wish “Beijing” a “Happy Birthday?” Well, because it was 36 years ago…

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Good-bye Sweet Oreo?

Posted on February 17, 2014February 17, 2014 by Jo

Why China’s Falling Out of Love With the Oreo Now that’s a headline that we surely would never have seen back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. In those days, Oreos were a prized possession for the foreigner working in China — something that you asked your mom to put in the big box that…

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